History of the Ulster Unionist Party - Protest, Pragmatism and Pessimism

Informationen zum Autor Graham Walker is Reader in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast Klappentext This is the first scholarly history of the development of the Ulster Unionist Party. It is essential reading for an understanding of the importance of this party to the process of finding a political settlement to Northern Ireland Zusammenfassung This is the first scholarly history of the development of the Ulster Unionist Party. It is essential reading for an understanding of the importance of this party to the process of finding a political settlement to Northern Ireland -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPreface1. Origins: Irish Home Rule and the political birth of Protestant Ulster, 1885-19052. Confrontations: 'Carry on Carson', 1905-19203. Devolved and dominant: Craig's party, 1920-19404. Union dues, dividends and dilemmas: the impact of war and its legacies, 1940-19585. Challenges: losing control, 1958-19726. Altered states: the Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland conflict, 1972-2002ConclusionAppendices

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• Authors: Graham Walker
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2004
• EAN: 9780719061097
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6109-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Manchester Studies in Modern H; Manchester Studies in Modern History; Manchester Studies in Modern H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education